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EU’s AMR Transferable Exclusivity Voucher Plan 'Not Fit For Purpose'

 
• By Ian Schofield

A European public health NGO has disputed the suggestion that a transferable exclusivity extension is the answer to the lack of innovative antimicrobial drugs in company pipelines.

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Antimicrobial resistance is an ongoing challenge for the pharma sector • Source: Shutterstock

The transferable exclusivity voucher idea being proposed by the European Commission as a way of stimulating the development of new antibiotics in the EU is a “narrow and inefficient” mechanism that could actually exacerbate the problems related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), says the European Public Health Alliance.

Under the scheme, a company that brought a new antimicrobial to the market would receive a “transferable exclusivity extension” (TEE)...

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